I posted this image on landscapes forum, it received a warm welcome. I tried to print it and found out, it is really difficult to make it pop in print.
So If you print this picture yourself, how would you process it to make it pop---bringing out the dramas of the clouds....---- in print as on monitor?

I find the mat and framing very distracting, could you post just the image?

Have you thought of a canvas wrap or some other means of mounting it so that it stands by itself? Certainly without the gold trim and with a less white mat. A bright white mat will dull anything inside it.

hugowolf wrote:
I find the mat and framing very distracting, could you post just the image?

Have you thought of a canvas wrap or some other means of mounting it so that it stands by itself? Certainly without the gold trim and with a less white mat. A bright white mat will dull anything inside it.

time2clmb wrote:
On screen it already doesn't have much contrast (on mine anyway) and you will loose even more printing it. Have you proofed it for printing or are you just firing it off as edited for screen to print?

I proof printed 3 times 6x10" No way I would print 16x24" if it looks like that

I think you need to go a LOT further with your color and tonal correction before you even consider making a test print. The image you've posted has a lot of potential, but it's really flat and lifeless at this point. Also, you've posted an Adobe RGB image, which will look even flatter to anyone viewing with Chrome. Better to stick with sRGB for web viewing in general.

I would also ask how you've handled your monitor calibration. It might be partially to blame if your screen is uber bright and you're going strictly by how the image looks and not setting precise pixel values.

Here's a quick stab I took at it. It's coming to life a lot more, primarily through a series of curves adjustment layers and some hi radius low amount USM.

The black and white version you posted is less inviting than the color. Again, it could work that way with enough massaging.

Peter and Rusty
Great work. You guys managed to bring out the wonderful colors, dramatizing the whole scene by increasing the contrast.
That said, comparing with the original, one see the lost of the mystics that the fog inspires. The entire layer of fog was lost in the process of enhancing the colors and the contrast.

nugeny wrote:
how would you process it to make it pop---bringing out the dramas of the clouds

Thanks ... well, that is what you asked for.

Kinda tough to have mystic fog (diffuse/low contrast) and dramatic (high contrast) clouds simultaneously in the same portion of an image. I'm sure with your vast experience (and the benefit of the original file to work from) you can do it to get it just the way you want it. With sufficient massaging, it just takes a bit of time depending on how much effort you want to put toward it.

These were mostly to illustrate the realm of possibilities ... not that we'd ever be able to exact your vision.

"So If you print this picture yourself, how would you process it to make it pop---bringing out the dramas of the clouds..."

At least according to the original post in this thread, the photographer WAS looking for ways to make this image pop. It's all subjective, but if you want it to pop, it has to pop, and then you might give up on some of the low hanging fog, if it was ever really there in the first place.